I have found a 3/8" hole in the hull of my Niagara 31 under the engine in a tranverse frame. It is weeping water at a slow rate into the boat. The hole seems to go all the way to the "S" drive leg and looks to have been drilled as the hole is centerline and perferctly circular. Have any of you Niagara 31 owners out there encounter this on your boats?

Hope you did not piss someone off and they dived under your boat and drilled a hole, just kidding. A picture would help alot. But if water is coming in does not sound like a good thing. I would fill it and fiberglass it closed if I found out it has no use. Probley one of those mods made by PO. Yep, post compleatly useless

Thanks for the reply... I doubt there was sabotage involved. I have proved a temporary fix to stop the water from entering... you hit the nail on the head- I am wondering it the hole has a purpose such as a telltale for some other issue the boat may have.

Could be, if the hull is cored could mean you need to haul out and let the boat dry out then open it up and get to good by grinding and then some fiberglass work and your done. Just make sure it's all dry with a mostiure meter first and get all the soft stuff out of there before you seal it up. This is a fiberglass boat right? If it's wood a woodie will have better advise.

OK, not looking forward to the drain on the cash but it has me intriqued. I plugged the hole and the leak migrated to the bottom of the boat under the engine... probably thru the core. She has to be hauled as soon as possible.

Yep, get her out of the water asap. Your really can not know the damage untill you have her out and dryed out. Are you sure the hull is cored in that area? Might be solid below water line. If it is cored you have your work cut, Still can't say to much with out seeing it. Take care and hope you can splash the boat soon and get some sailing in. Blu

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